hundred million; 100,000,000; 10^8
hard to understand; Byzantine fashion
operation (of a bus or train service); service; running; movement (of a heavenly body); motion; revolution
calculation; estimation; computation
heavenly body; celestial body; astronomical object
being dotted about; being scattered; being interspersed
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
sky; air; ether; firmament; the heavens
empty (e.g. argument); insubstantial; hollow; fruitless
lightning; electric illumination; light from an electric source
flash (of light); glint; swift strike; quick decisive move
to get (information) out of someone; to extract (information) from someone; to find out (through questioning); to begin listening (to)
what's what; heads or tails
plunking (down something heavy); flumping (into a chair)
The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; full provision
entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.); appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence
Dostoevskii; Dostoyevskii
Western Europe; the West; the Occident; Europe
Middleton (UK); Middlton; Myddelton
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
upper end; top; tip; top edge
normal; usual; ordinary; everyday
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
treble; high singing voice
connection; relation; linkage
bestial; beastly; beast-like; brutal
amplitude (of vibration); (degree of) instability; volatility; fluctuation
expansion; extension; magnification; enlargement; escalation; spread
ridding oneself; freeing oneself of; growing out of; overcoming; outgrowing
flowering; blooming; blossoming; flowering (of a civilization, talent, etc.); blossoming; blooming
uncivilized; uncivilised; undeveloped (land); unexplored (territory, field, etc.); unbloomed (flower)
hanging low (of clouds); remaining low (of sales, stock prices, etc.); remaining sluggish (of the economy, market, etc.); hovering (around a low level)